top gear is very cheap to make.
TV Licence rip off...
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top gear is very cheap to make.
No, it actually isn't.
how so? cars they get for free, tracks gets paid my car industry, the only thing that costs is wages and capital.
Advertising that they could make some money from and cover their costs would be a good thing. So many local radio stations have been swallowed up by bigger groups as they didn't make enough money that there's now very little properly local radio left.
I don't get people who don't like the license fee. What do you watch?!! 
Everything I watch is on the bbc (apart from live premier league football at the pub): Spooks, Top Gear, University Challenge, Hustle, Merlin, Being Human, Newsnight, MOTD, Formula 1, QI, Mock the Week, HIGNFY...
Imagine what it would be like if all the channels were like ITV
Everything I watch is on the bbc (apart from live premier league football at the pub): Spooks, Top Gear, University Challenge, Hustle, Merlin, Being Human, Newsnight, MOTD, Formula 1, QI, Mock the Week, HIGNFY...
Imagine what it would be like if all the channels were like ITV
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Absolutely. Even then it's Sky+ and watched back fast-forwarding through the million advertisements.
The last thing I watched on there was, from memory the back end of Smokey and the Bandit 2 or 3, about 6 months ago - my dad was watching it at the time
It's been a very long time since I actually found anything on ITV that I specifically turned over to watch, which is a pity as going back 15-20 years it used to be on as much as any of the BBC channels here, I haven't even been able to stand The Bill for about 10 years and that used to be a favourite, right up until it became a parody of itself and started relying on Soap type romances, and cliffhanger explosions/murders of the staff on a regular basis.
You say that as if using Sky+ to record a program doesn't require a TV licence; it does.
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You on crack?
hey they are 5mirron channels that you can pause tho. be fair now.
People seriously need to stop slating the TV license. It does our british Media A LOT of good.
people can also slate Media Studies as much as they like, but it does get rid of a lot of ignorance as to how 90% of this countries opinions are formed
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people can also slate Media Studies as much as they like, but it does get rid of a lot of ignorance as to how 90% of this countries opinions are formed
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its about having a choice though isnt it.
a previous post said about making BBC channels encrypted or something, so if you didnt pay your fee then you cant watch. i think this is a good idea. if thats not possible just reduce the fee and you will get a lot more people happy to pay
do we know how much the bbc make a year with the license fee?
About £2.6bn.
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A tenner a month is nothing for a household. eve on your own. I think it is worh it for the BBC. Worry about your 150 quid council tax bill tbh.
I would have a Tv licence if I could get more than 4 fuzzy channels.
So I don't have one but then the arial isn't even plugged in so I think this is ok.
The odd thing I want to watch can be watched on iplayer or 4od.
I would have a Tv licence if I could get more than 4 fuzzy channels.
So I don't have one but then the arial isn't even plugged in so I think this is ok.
The odd thing I want to watch can be watched on iplayer or 4od.